"crew (both the characters Tilly Masterson and Pussy specifically have black hair in the novel). Goldfinger has a yellow-painted Rolls-Royce with number plate ""AU 1"" (""Au"" being the chemical symbol for gold), and also sports yellow or golden items or clothing in every film scene, including a golden pistol, when disguised as a colonel. Jill Masterson is famously killed by being painted with gold, which according to Bond causes her to die of ""skin suffocation"". (An entirely fictional cause of death, but the iconic scene caused much of the public to accept it as a medical fact.) Bond is bound"
"FAB 1 FAB 1 is a pink, six-wheeled car seen in the 1960s British science-fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"", its three film adaptations, and the reboot TV series ""Thunderbirds Are Go"". In the original ""Thunderbirds"" (1965–66), as well as the feature films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968), FAB 1 is depicted as a modified Rolls-Royce. Owned by International Rescue agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the car is usually driven by her butler, Parker. The driver sits in a central position at the front of the passenger compartment, which is covered by a bulletproof bubble canopy. FAB 1 was modified"
"The Yellow Rolls-Royce The Yellow Rolls-Royce is a 1965 dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for ""The V.I.P.s"" (1963). Apparently adapting an idea from ""In Those Days"", a 1947 German drama by Helmut Käutner that had its US premiere in March 1951, ""The Yellow Rolls-Royce"" uses a yellow 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of World"
"(1963), ""The Brides of Fu Manchu"" (1966), ""To Be or Not To Be"" (1983), and ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" (1989) (misidentified as a Phantom II). A 1934 Muliner bodied car, chassis number (grc33), registration BMG443 was used many times by the BBC and some Hollywood and UK based movie makers, its credits include: 'To The Manor Born' - where it was used as Audrey's much loved Rolls through the whole series. ""Dad's Army"" - episode ""The Captain's Car"", where the platoon stole it by accident from the mayor and camouflaged it. Secret Ceremony - Universal Pictures film starring"
"all the models was the seven-foot FAB 1, which cost £2,500 (approximately £ in ) to build. The Rolls-Royce's name and colour were both chosen by Sylvia Anderson. Rolls-Royce Ltd. supervised the construction of the plywood model and supplied APF with an authentic radiator grille for close-up shots of the front of the car. In exchange for its cooperation, the company requested that a Spirit of Ecstasy be fixed to the chassis and that the characters avoid referring to the brand with abbreviations such as ""Rolls"". Scale explosions were created using substances such as fuller's earth, petrol gel, magnesium strips"
"of the US-market Phantom I in 1931. Two US-market series, AJS and AMS, were built at Derby. When Marlene Dietrich went to the USA in 1930, the ""Blue Angel"" director Josef von Sternberg welcomed her with gifts including a green Rolls-Royce Phantom II. The car later appeared in their first US film ""Morocco"". The Phantom II was featured in the films ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" and ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"". When its specifications are quoted during the scene in the Kingdom of Hatay, the Sultan states that the Rolls-Royce Phantom II has a ""4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder"
"the most valuable Ferrari road cars of all time. McQueen liked the car very much, and eventually managed to acquire one for himself. The dune buggy was a Meyers Manx, built in California on a VW beetle floor pan with a hopped-up Chevrolet Corvair engine. McQueen owned one, and the Manx, the original dune buggy, was often copied. Crown's Rolls Royce carried Massachusetts vanity license tag ""TC 100"" for the film. Sean Connery had been the original choice for the title role, but turned it down—a decision he later regretted. In the 1999 remake, the title role was portrayed by"
"and released as a single both by Alpert and by Pete Fountain, also in 1965. Mae (Riz Ortolani song) ""Mae"" is a 1965 song written by Riz Ortolani for the MGM motion picture ""The Yellow Rolls-Royce""; the song is the theme for the section of the film in which ownership of the titular Rolls-Royce passes to a gangster and becomes the backdrop to a dangerous romance between the gangster's girlfriend Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine) and a young Italian named Stefano (Alain Delon). The song with English lyrics, ""She's Just a Quiet Girl"", was recorded and released as a single by"
"purchased a Rolls-Royce, with the personalised number plate GF 1. Every year afterwards he would purchase either a new Rolls Royce or Bentley, buying 26 over the course of his life. In the autumn of 1938 Formby began work on ""Trouble Brewing"", released the following year with 19-year-old Googie Withers as the female lead; Kimmins again directed. Withers later recounted that Formby did not speak to her until, during a break in filming when Beryl was not present, he whispered out of the corner of his mouth ""I'm sorry, love, but you know, I'm not allowed to speak to you"","
"with the registration ""FAB 1"" had already been issued, the replica incorporated revolving plates, which read ""FAB 1"" on one side and gave the real registration number on the other. On the night of the premiere, the replica broke down after a few hundred yards and the Andersons were forced to make the rest of the journey by taxi. Rolls-Royce were not impressed by the car, which had a poorly built fibreglass body, and made several attempts to purchase it and have it destroyed. For a period, the company were successful in forcing the removal of the genuine RR radiator"
"was incorporated into the design to distinguish the appearance from that of contemporary vehicles. Measuring in length, the plywood model (which was equipped with fully functional steering and headlights) cost £2,500 to build in 1964; post-decimalisation, this is equivalent to £30,000. Derek Meddings, the special effects director, remembered FAB 1 for its ""outrageous styling, which bore no resemblance to any Rolls-Royce ever produced"". Since it was the most expensive prop to be made for the series, special security protocols were followed on-set. Rolls-Royce supervised the model's sculpting and also supplied AP Films with a genuine radiator grille, complete with Spirit"
"1984. In the television show Magnum PI, Rick Orville Wright, played by Larry Manetti, drives a silver R107 450 SL from mid 1981 to the end of the series in 1988. In the drama film American Gigolo, Richard Gere drives a triple-black 450SL In the Scorcese opus to Las Vegas mob run gambling, ""Casino"", Ginger (Sharon Stone) drives a powder blue 450SL and trashes her husband's Eldorado Biarritz with the front bumper of the Benz! Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107 are automobiles which were produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1971 through 1989, being the second longest single"
"in Formula One as a safety car at the Canadian Grand Prix. The racing game """" featured both a DC2 Acura Integra Type R as well as a DC5 Acura RSX. In European and Japanese versions the Acura Integra is replaced by the Honda Integra. The racing game """" featured a DC5 Acura RSX Type-S as well. The film The Fast and the Furious (2001) features two main characters driving a DC2 Honda Integra. The first car is a red 1997 model driven by Edwin, played by Ja Rule. The second car is a four-door GSR driven by Mia Toretto,"
"film, and a purple 1975 Cadillac Eldorado Fleetwood ""pimpmobile"" (number plate ""SWNGR 3"") in the third. Additionally, Felicity Shagwell drives a 1965 Chevrolet Corvette C2 with an American flag paint scheme in the second film and Nigel Powers has a 2001 Mini Cooper – able to travel underwater, and which bears the number plate ""GR8SHAG"" – in the third. The series consists of three films: HBO purchased the rights to produce a cartoon series based on the ""Austin Powers"" films in May 1999. Despite announcing plans for a thirteen episode season, HBO ultimately shelved the project. In October 2005, in"
"The body was made and fitted by a coachbuilder selected by the owner. Some of the most famous coachbuilders who produced bodies for Rolls Royce cars are Park Ward, Thrupp & Maberly, H. J. Mulliner & Co., Arthur Mulliner and Hooper. This Rolls Royce appears in films such as The Naked Truth (1957), Death on the Nile (1978), and several others. Although the sultan in ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" (1989) calls his car a Phantom II, the technical details he recites are those of the 25/30. However, the actual on-screen car was neither; it was a 1935 20/25."
"trademark red, white and blue racing stripes presumably for the more patriotic color and came up with the film's gags such as Herbie squirting oil and opening the doors by himself. Benson Fong, who played Mr. Wu, said that when he and the others were dragged along the dirt by Herbie, it was like being pulled by 40 horses. The 1961–1965 Volkswagen Beetles actually were rated by the SAE at in factory configuration (though only by the European DIN system which measured engine output as installed in the car with cooling fan and exhaust system attached). Herbie has his own"
"Ford Thunderbird called FAB 1. It is a fully functional full-sized six-wheeled prototype. Rolls-Royce was originally approached to build and design the prototype since the original FAB 1 was a Rolls-Royce, but BMW (current owner of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars) declined due to their development of the Phantom. Ford then replaced Rolls-Royce and designed and built the car based on the film's namesake vehicle. The car was featured in a segment of Top Gear in which presenter James May test drove the vehicle on public roads. Ford Thunderbird (eleventh generation) The eleventh generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a personal luxury"
"him. When his Rolls Royce arrives, however, she sees that Thomas has sent a messenger in his place, with a telegram asking her to bring the money and join him—or else keep the Rolls Royce. She tears the telegram to bits and throws the pieces to the wind, looking up at the sky with tears in her eyes. Crown flies away in a jet. The photography is unusual for a mainstream Hollywood film, using a split-screen mode. The use of split screens to show simultaneous actions was inspired by the breakthrough Expo 67 films ""In the Labyrinth"" and ""A Place"
"being driven by the couple or ridden in by them, include a white Mercedes-Benz 230SL roadster, an MG TD, a Triumph Herald, a VW Microbus, and a Ford Country Squire. In one scene of this movie, Audrey Hepburn appears dressed in a shiny black PVC trouser suit designed by Paco Rabanne. The film was ranked #57 on the American Film Institute's ""100 Years... 100 Passions"" list. Now a successful and wealthy architect, Mark Wallace (Albert Finney) and his wife Joanna (Jo) Wallace (Audrey Hepburn) fly their white 1965 Mercedes 230SL roadster to Northern France in order to drive to Saint-Tropez"
"used, a new one for each season, most being auctioned off after filming. The first was a 1979 model with chassis number 28251. In the ""Cannonball Run"" movie, a former open-wheel icon (and Scotch-swilling) Jamie Blake (Dean Martin) and his (gambling-obsessed) teammate Morris Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis, Jr.), dressed as Catholic priests, drive a red Ferrari 308 GTS 1979. In 2004, ""Sports Car International"" named this car number five on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s. Among the typically yearly updates to the performance and style of the 308 throughout its run, cars from the same series would"
"world record for the most cars destroyed in one film until it was surpassed by its own sequel. At Aykroyd's demand, soul and R&B stars James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin were cast in speaking parts to support musical numbers built around them. This caused friction between Landis and Universal later in the production, as its costs far exceeded the original budget. Since none of them except Charles had had any hits in recent years, the studio wanted the director to replace them with or add performances by younger acts, such as Rose Royce, whose ""Car Wash"""
"""Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"". The Gulf Oil liveried 917 ""Kurzheck""s are also prominently featured in the Steve McQueen film ""Le Mans"" competing against Ferrari's 512 Coda Lunga. Aurora slot cars released some of these Porsche 917's in their AFX line-up, replicated to their original colors and markings. They were widely available in the early to mid-70's and were raced completely stock. A replica of a 917/10 was used in the 1981 film 'The Last Chase'. In 1969-71 production consisted of 43 naturally aspirated cars (36 K, 5 LH and 2 Spyders) and 16 Turbo (13 917/10 and 3 917/30)."
"was outclassed by the new direct injection engines introduced in 1988 by Audi. A 2.0 litre (8 valve) turbocharged four cylinder petrol engine (150 PS) was added in 1991, and provided good performance, but proved unreliable. Later, a 2.5 turbodiesel (130 bhp) completed the diesel lineup. In 1997, the antiquated 3.0 litre V6 engines were replaced at long last by a unified V6 option: an all new 3.0 litre, 24 valve, V6. The Peugeot 605 is featured prominently in the car chase scenes of John Frankenheimer's film ""Ronin"" (1998). In the first chase, three Peugeot 605s are escorting a Citroën"
"amongst others. Bond's most famous car is the silver grey Aston Martin DB5, first seen in ""Goldfinger""; it later featured in ""Thunderball"", ""GoldenEye"", ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", ""Casino Royale"", ""Skyfall"" and ""Spectre"". The films have used a number of different Aston Martins for filming and publicity, one of which was sold in January 2006 at an auction in the US for $2,090,000 to an unnamed European collector. Bond also shows his taste for aircraft: a gyrocopter—""Little Nellie""—features in ""You Only Live Twice"", a Cessna 185 Seaplane in ""Licence to Kill"", an Acrostar Jet in ""Octopussy"", the Space Shuttle in ""Moonraker"" and"
"(750iL), ""Enemy of the State"" (740iL), ""Invictus"" (740iL), ""Bad Santa"" (740iL), ""Fun with Dick and Jane"" (740iL), ""Valley of the Wolves (TV series)"" (L7), ""Showtime"" (740i), ""The Transporter"" (735i) which was a one off manual 750i badged as a 735i, ""Live Free or Die Hard"" (740i),""Transformers"" (740iL), ""The Game"" (740iL) and ""The Sum Of All Fears"". Even though it was the only featured car in the series to be replaced the following year, the E38 (740i) featured in the BMW Film ""Ambush"" which was released in fall 2001. In the 18th James Bond feature film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", the sixteen"
"pink paint job and re-trim, the passenger compartment was stock Rolls-Royce. This model attended Anderson's funeral on 13 January 2013. FAB 2, Lady Penelope's private yacht appears in the ""Thunderbirds"" episode ""The Man From MI.5"". At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Parker has lost the ship in a game of poker. FAB 3 is Penelope's racehorse. It is kept at Ascot Stables and is the winner of many derby races. FAB 1 FAB 1 is a pink, six-wheeled car seen in the 1960s British science-fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"", its three film adaptations, and the reboot TV"
"of Ecstasy ornament, costing £100. This was used in close-up shots (such as the machine guns firing, and a stock photograph of the car's front that appears in the series' closing credits). In the 2004 live-action film, ""Thunderbirds"", FAB 1 is still seen to be pink and powered by six-wheel drive. Its glass canopy is tinted, and it is now capable of flight in addition to travel on land and sea. Prior to flight, the car's boot panels open, exposing the gas turbine engine; the wings then extend from the undercarriage. During flight, the rear set of wheels folds into"
"car, mainly used for promoting the movie, is now located in the Louwman Museum, Netherlands. The first DB5 prototype used in ""Goldfinger"" with the chassis number DP/216/1 was later stripped of its weaponry and gadgetry by Aston Martin and then resold. It was then retrofitted by subsequent owners with nonoriginal weaponry. It later appeared in the film ""The Cannonball Run"" (1981), in which it was driven by Roger Moore. The Chassis DP/216/1 DB5 was stolen in 1997 from its last owner in Florida and is currently still missing. Since the film, the DB5 has become closely associated with the James"
"cars were chosen for inclusion in the range to fully accentuate the fixed 1:42 scale. Rolls Royces were represented initially by the Silver Wraith and, later, by the even larger Phantom V which featured working lights and members of the Royal Family as passengers. Smaller vehicles included the Isetta bubble car, the rare Meadows Frisky, the Fiat 500 and the Goggomobil. Also added were exotic sports cars such as the Aston Martin DB Mark III, Jensen 541, Daimler Dart SP250, and Bristol 406, along with more mundane models such as the Hillman Minx and Austin A40. The pattern for the"
"Rolls-Royce Armoured Car The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used during the First World War, Irish Civil War, the inter-war period in Imperial Air Control in Transjordan, Palestine and Mesopotamia, and in the early stages of the Second World War in the Middle East and North Africa. The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) raised the first British armoured car squadron during the First World War. In September 1914 all available Rolls Royce ""Silver Ghost"" chassis were requisitioned to form the basis for the new armoured car. The following month a special committee of"
"had a 007 logo inscribed across it and also machined into the caseback. The band also had 007 inscribed on the clasp. Daniel Craig, the current James Bond since ""Casino Royale"", also wears the Omega Seamaster: the Seamaster Planet Ocean (model 2900.50.91) in the first part of ""Casino Royale"", and the Seamaster Professional 300M (model 2220.80.00) in the latter part (from travelling to Montenegro). He even goes so far as to mention Omega by name when questioned by Vesper Lynd. In connection with the launch of the film, Omega released in 2006 an 007-special of the Professional 300M, (model 2226.80.00)"
"programmes reliving and recounting her childhood holidays in an A35. The first was a segment in ""The One Show"" where she and Christine Walkden took a trip in an A35. Ann appeared again with the same car in series 1 of ""Holiday of My Lifetime"", this time alongside Len Goodman. In the French movie ""Oscar"", the second most successful film in France in 1967, starring Louis de Funès and Claude Rich, the latter can be seen driving a black A35 2-door saloon throughout the opening credits, driving through Paris in the early morning hours. In a 1985/86 RTE Irish language"
"engine, with Stromberg downdraft carburetor"" and ""can go from zero to 100 kilometers an hour in 12.5 seconds (and I even like the color)."" However, the car used in the film was actually a Rolls-Royce Barker Saloon, with 20/25 hp. It is also the star of the 1964 movie ""The Yellow Rolls-Royce"" where its engine specifications are given as the engine having a bore of 4.5"" and stroke of 5.5"", which would equate to 525 cubic inches A remarkable survivor on display at the Technisches Museum, Sinsheim, Germany, is a 1933 Phantom II (see photo at right), which made its"